The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. (6 a.m. ET) following a short procession to move her coffin from Parliament. Watch the service live
– The state funeral will take place in Westminster Abbey, central London, at 11 a.m. .
– The Dean of Westminster will give the bidding before the first hymn, and the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Scotland, will read the first lesson from the book of Corinthians. – Near the end of the funeral, around 11:55 a.m., the Last Post will be sounded by the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry from the steps of the Lady Chapel. Two minutes’ silence will then be observed across the United Kingdom.
Countries that have not been invited include Syria and Venezuela because London does not have normal diplomatic relations with those states. Britain has also not invited representatives from Russia, Belarus or Myanmar after it imposed economic sanctions on those countries.A committal service will be held on Monday for Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, following her earlier state funeral in London.
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